Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-18
The National Capital.

The president has appointed Frank d.
Hill, of Minnesota, to be United States
consul at Assuncion.
THE president has appointed Wm. NJ.
Banding, of Wisconsin, register of the
land Office at st. Croix Falls, Wis, aud
John B. Markloy, of Nebraska, register
of the land office at Niobrara, Neb., and
John w. Emerson United States marshal
for the eastern district OF Missouri.
Up to the preseat time it has been
thought that the only contest over the
offices of the House would be in the door
keepership. It is generally conceded
that Donelson, the present incunt ent,
will be defeated for re election, owing to
the many enemies he has made in dis
tributing the patronage of his office.
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Ma
rine Hospital service, has submitted his
annual report to the Secretary of the
Treasury. Receipts were S570,257; ex-
penditures, $461, 1886. Up to the close of
the fiscal year the expenditures from the
fund for prevention of epidemic diseases
was S48,649.
The general land Office is every year
extending the surveys over the public
domain and it is necessary to have these
surveys examined in part, at least, by
practical surveyors in the field, to find
out whether the contract surveyors have
done their duty. Contract surveyors are
very apt to neglect interior lines and to
insufficiently mark the corners.
THERE is no longer any doubt that dur
ing the first few days OF the coming ses-
sion of congress the presl dent will nomi-
nate Secretary Lamar to i'll the vacancy
on the supreme court bunch caused by the
death of justice Woods, and at the same
time Postmaster General Villas will be
nominated to succeed Lamar as secretary
of the interior.
GEN. SHERIDAN, president of the board
of commissioners of the Soldiers home,
has submitted his annual report to the
secretary of war. The report of the gov
erRor of the home which is submitted,
dwells upon the subject of pensions to in
mates OF the home, and sets forth the
evil which gives the inmate his pension
while the home supplies ell his wants 1t
| is recommended that inmates who have
! had less than ten years army service be
required to surrender their pension to
| the home while they remain in it; those
having had from ten to fifteen years ser
vice surrender two thirds: that those hav-
| A1k 1AOAA AAb0cA " ANIhSs .toAS SNA'ASS
surrender one-third, while men of twen-
| ty years service be permitted to retain
their pension.
When Your Nerves Bother You,
| Inyigorate them. When your nights repose is
unsound or unrefreshng, your appetite iaded or
capricous, when slight noises cause you to start.
and annoyances of slight moment abnormally
worry You, know three things, VIZ lst, That your
nerves are weak: 2d. that you need tonic; Sd,
that its name is HoStetterS Stomach Bitter the
prompteSt, safest, most popular article q Its
/ class The nerves are susceptible OF IMMIGRATION
/ only by promoting an increase Of vigor IN the
processes of digestion and invigoration- Marco
tics and sedatives have their utility, but in the
main, and IL thesr use be continued, they are TN
safe. wineglass OF the Bitters before retiring.
/ and repetition Of the same during the day be-
fore or after meals. is far more likely to confer
health yielding sleep than repeated doses OF an
/ opiate Dyspepsia, debility, inactivity OF the
| kidneys and bladder, fever and ague. and other
| rssiarial complaints. are always eliminated and
| sQbdued BY il
| Look at Herbert Spence-'s God it il
nothing. Is is exactly what the annual
| joke of our Prof. Smell in Amherst college
| was, when he said, ''GentIemen, you will
| perceive this invisible ball,' / do not re
vile Herbert Spencer; many of the
stones that will shine out by ard by II
the completed temple Of God will havs
coKe from his hands. but I think hi;
writings should be taken as the disciples
took the wheat which they ate, rubbing il
| in their hands